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Android Quadrooter Bug, are you protected? |
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Android Quadrooter Bug, are you protected?
So a new flaw in Android phones with Qualcomm processors was found, called Quadrooter. I'm just wondering if people have gotten patches to the fix the bug yet? Is it necessary to do so too?
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Doubt if my Moto G will ever get a patch for CVE-2016-2503, CVE-2016-2504, CVE-2016-2059, CVE-2016-5340. The last security patch was last year.
More info; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37005226 |
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Android bug in 900 million phones
Edit: sorry, just seen the other thread.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37005226 The flaws were found in software that handles graphics and in code that controls communication between different processes running inside a phone. Affected devices included: ■ BlackBerry Priv ■ Blackphone 1 and Blackphone 2 ■ Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P ■ HTC One, HTC M9 and HTC 10 ■ LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10 ■ New Moto X by Motorola ■ OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3 ■ US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge ■ Sony Xperia Z Ultra Check and fix here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...int.quadrooter |
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The app in the google play store, isn't exactly a fix though, it's only a scanner. Of course once you've scanned it, it gives you links to an open source patch, however us normal people who don't know too much about android coding, aren't able to apply such a patch without the technical know how, unless I'm missing something?
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If you download software not from the Google Play Store, you should know the risks. End of.
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Glad i bought Honor 5c wich uses Kirin 650,over Moto G4.
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Edit: sorry, just seen the other thread.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37005226 The flaws were found in software that handles graphics and in code that controls communication between different processes running inside a phone. Affected devices included: ■ BlackBerry Priv ■ Blackphone 1 and Blackphone 2 ■ Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P ■ HTC One, HTC M9 and HTC 10 ■ LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10 ■ New Moto X by Motorola ■ OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3 ■ US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge ■ Sony Xperia Z Ultra Check and fix here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...int.quadrooter There possibly be many other older devices that will also be affected if they have been able to be upgraded to the android 5 or android 6 OS. And there we all thought that all the most recent devices with Android 5 or 6 would not be suffering from vulnerabilities to hacking that older devices with pre android 5 OS were prone to. |
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Desire 626 from HTC is vulnerable with the SD410.......seems its not just top of the range.
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Not surprised one bit really lets be honest everything as got bugs or being hacked at the moment.
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has anyone ever actually had their phone hacked?
Had them since 1998 and cant say ive ever had an issue. |
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has anyone ever actually had their phone hacked?
Had them since 1998 and cant say ive ever had an issue.
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I'm really not concerned about issues like this. Nor would I be for iOS.
But it makes money for a firm selling white papers and doing consultancy. The BBC gave them a nice ad, and of course it gives fanboys ammunition to use against others. Just don't install suspect APKs and you'll be fine. |
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"Latest exploit is roadblocked on 90% of Android devices, thanks to security feature enabled in Android 4.2."
http://www.androidcentral.com/google...ooter-exploits |
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"Latest exploit is roadblocked on 90% of Android devices, thanks to security feature enabled in Android 4.2."
http://www.androidcentral.com/google...ooter-exploits
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